Clothes-drier.



Patented Nov. 7, I899.

H. C. EVERED.

CLOTHES DRIER.

(Application filed June 15, 1899.) (No llqdel.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HERBERT C. EVERED, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

CLOTHES-DRIER.

$PEGIFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 636,510, dated November7, 1899. Application filed June 15,1399. Serial No. 720,661. (NomodelJTo aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HERBERT O. EVERED, a citizen of the United States,residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, haveinvented a new and useful Clothes Drier, of whichthe following is aspecification.

The invention relates to improvements in clothes-driers.

The object of the present invention is to improve the construction ofclothes-driers and to provide a simple, inexpensive, and efficient onewhich will be strong and durable and adapted to be suspended from a walladjacent to a window and capable of enabling clothes to be readilyarranged on it and removed from it without necessitating a personleaning any great distance out of a window.

A further object of the invention is to provide a clothes-drier of thischaracter which will accommodate a large quantity of clothes and whichmay have its size increased, if desired.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination andarrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claims hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of a clothes-drier constructedin accordance with this invention. the same.

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in both figuresof the drawings.

1 designates a horizontal supporting-frame comprising a substantiallyangular inner portion 2 and parallel guide-rods 3, extending outwardfrom the inner portion, as clearly illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings. The horizontal supporting-frame, which is shown in thedrawings as constructed of tubular metal and couplings, maybeconstructed of any other suitable material, and it is designed to bearranged adjacent to a window,a s shown; but it may be supported at anyother desired point on a wall or the like. Its inner angular portionconsists of a transverse rod 4, and side rods 5, which are provided attheir inner ends with depending arms or tongues 6, engaging eyes 7,located at opposite sides of a window 8, and the said frame may bereadily removed from the eyes. The outer guide-rods 3 are con- Fig. 2 isa side elevation of nected at their inner ends with the transverse rod 4by T-shaped couplings, and their outer ends are connected by a U-shapedcoupling 9, which is provided with an eye 10, receiving one end of aninclined brace 11, and the lat ter, which is disposed centrally over-thesupporting-frame, is provided at its upper end with a hook 12, whichengages an eye 13, arranged at the top of the window. The outer portionof the frame 1 supports a reel 14, which is adapted to slideinward andoutward to permit clothes to be readily hung on it and removed from it.The reel 14 is provided with a central hub 16, and it has radial arms17, connected by parallel lines 18, which support the clothes. The hub,which is provided with parallel ears or flanges to receive the innerends of the arms 17, is mounted on a central pivot of a hanger 19, whichis provided atits top with a pair of sleeves 20, arranged to slide onthe guide-rods 3 of the outer portion of the frame.

Any number of lines may be stretched around the arms, and the latter areprovided with loops 21, forming sockets for detachable sections 22, andthe latter, which are secured at any desired adjustment by fasteningdevices, such as screws 23, are adapted to support extra 'lines. Onlyone extra line 24 is shown in the accompanying drawings; but it will bereadily apparent that any number may be provided and arms of any lengthmay be employed. The reel is adapted to be rotated to bring the Varioussections of the lines opposite the window, and it may be moved inwardand outward on the parallel guides, which prevent'the reel from swayingor tilting vertically. The sections which form extensions of the. radialarms need not be employed and may be removed when not required, and anysuitable means may be employed for securing them at the desired adjustrnent.

The clothes-drier, which is exceedingly simple and inexpensive inconstruction and which may be mounted on any suitable support, isadapted especially for use adjacent to awindow, and it will enable alarge quantity of clothes to be hung therefrom. The reel is adapted toslide inward and outward on the parallel guide-rods of thesupporting-frame,

and it is also capable of rotation, so that any portion of it may bebrought close to the window, and its capacity may be readily increasedwhen necessary. The double guiderods and the pair of sleeves which slideon them hold the reel in a horizontal position and prevent it fromtilting or swaying.

Changes in the form, proportion, size, and the minor details ofconstruction within the scope of the appended claims may be resorted towithout departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantagesof this invention.

What is claimed is 1. A clothes-drier comprising the supporting-frameprovided with parallel guide-rods and having a substantially angularinner portion adapted to extend to the opposite sides of a window, ahanger provided with a depending pivot and having a pair of sleevesslidingly mounted on the guide-rods, and a reel mounted on the saidpivot and arranged below the supporting-frame and adapted to be movedinward and outward on the same, substantially as described.

2. A clothes-drier comprising a horizontal supporting-frame havingparallel guide-rods, and provided with an inner portion adapted toextend to the opposite sides of a window and provided with dependingarms for engaging eyes of a support, a hanger provided with a pair ofsleeves slidingly mounted on the guide-rods, a pivot carried by thehanger, and a reel mounted on the pivot and arranged below thesupporting-frame and adapted to be moved inward and outward on the same,substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto afiixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

HERBERT C. EVERED.

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ALICE E. BURGESS, L. P. IoULsoN.

